Bike & Yoga Retreat in Sicily

6 Days, Multiple Departures

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Bike & Yoga Retreat in Sicily
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​Five days just for your body and your mind through an experience designed to let you take back your own pace and recharge all the energy you need.

Five nights in agriturismo with a pool surrounded by greenery.
Mental and physical well-being.
Five healthy and energetic breakfasts are included to get your days off to the best possible start.
Five healthy dinners.
Two daily yoga sessions, for a total of ten yoga sessions of 50 minutes each.
Discovery of nature, territory, and activities following your own pace.
Easy bike rides that don’t require a high level of fitness with van support on the way.
E-bike rental is available.

RECLAIM YOUR VITAL PACE

Experience a break in the quiet countryside of a rural area of Sicily to reclaim your time and pace in wellness and nature. Thanks to our Bike&Yoga Retreat program at a small family run agriturismo, you will take the time your mind and body deserve to recover all the energy you need and cleanse yourself out of the stress of daily life. Five relaxing days in agriturismo, with pool, stunning landscapes, excellent food, and fine wines. An experience designed in every detail to let you just relax and heal your mind and body through daily yoga sessions and reclaim your vital pace with an immersion in nature by bike.

We all need to recover our pace and live in the present moment. Personal commitments and the daily work routine reduce the time of healthy inactivity to "free the mind" from different duties and thoughts. This means that while we do one thing, we think of another and are not in the present moment. It is a mantra of all the great masters of yoga and mindfulness: live the "actual moment" allows us to live a fully life, staying focused with positive effects on relationships, work, and productivity overall.

About

5 nights at a family run agriturismo with pool

5 breakfasts

5 dinners at the villa with our private chef

4 lunches

1 wine tasting

1 cheese tasting

1 olive oil tasting

1 pizza making

2 daily Yoga sessions of 50 minutes each (morning and evening)

Private yoga teacher

Van support for all of the trip, including the bike rides

Italian, English speaking Tour coordinator all over the trip (he/she is the van driver along the trip also)

Cumulative and coordinated welcome transfer IN and OUT to/from the closest train station to the farm

Flights and public transportation

Travel insurance

Admissions and entrance fees (when not agreed with tour operator)

Transport of bike case (for guests who bring their own bike)

Gratuity to Tour Leader/s

Expense of personal nature such as drinks, phone calls, etc.

Travel Insurance

Activ Retreats strongly encourages/highly recommends guests purchase sufficient travel insurance to cover travel cancellation or delays as well as, medical expenses, personal liability, and personal belongings during travel. RIDE YOUR LIFE is not responsible forillness, injury or damage to personal property unless there is negligence of the company.

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About The Host

We believe that cycling has several interpretations, everyone has his/her way of riding. Every bike ride is a story; every climb has something to say to you. Cycling during a climb makes you feel pain and at the same time, it makes you stronger and allows you a better knowledge of your soul.  It is not a matter of how fast you are to get to the peak or if you’ll be the first or the last one in the group. It’s the climb itself; it’s like going into a sort of mystic dimension where you are with and inside yourself.

Itinerary

DAY 1 Welcome to Sicily!

A private transfer will take you from Roccapalumba train station to the farm. Once at the agriturismo, we'll have a welcome briefing to introduce the trip and a brief relaxing session before dinner. Dinner is included altogether at the agriturismo.

DAY 2 Quiet roads and a tiny wine cellar

Miles/kilometers: 13 miles (22 km)

Total elevation gain feet/meters: 1079 ft (330 m)

After the morning yoga session, we'll have breakfast and a gentle bike ride to a small local winery. Biking to the place is already a beautiful experience: silent secondary roads, open views on the quiet countryside, and … that feeling of having gone back in time.

The winery is out of the market's mainstream due to its boutique production; we feel that this gives the overall experience a touch of authenticity. Van transfer to our farm after lunch. Relaxing free time to enjoy the pool before the evening yoga session. Dinner is included at the farm.

Meals: Breakfast, light lunch and dinner are included today

DAY 3 An old mill

Miles/kilometers: 7 miles (12 km)

Total elevation gain feet/meters: 265 ft (80 m)

Today's ride will take us to an old mill used in the past to produce flour and olive oil. After a picnic at the place, we'll have a van transfer back to the agriturismo.
Relaxing time and yoga session in the afternoon. We'll have an interesting olive oil tasting at the farm before dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, pic nic lunch and dinner are included

DAY 4 Another … busy day

Miles/kilometers: 21 miles (33 km)

Total elevation gain feet/meters: 2400 ft (740 m)

This is another … busy day. After the usual relaxing morning yoga routine, we'll have a bike ride to a local vegetable producer. This activity will take us more in touch with the food we have at our table. Picnic lunch at the place and a short bike ride back to the agriturismo. Some relaxing time in the afternoon before being involved in preparing our pizza for dinner. Yoga session before the end of the day.

Meals: Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner are included

DAY 5 Local cheese: old traditions and new rules

Miles/kilometers: 15 miles (25 km)

Total elevation gain feet/meters: 985 ft (300 m)

The last ride takes us to a small factory involved in wool production, another unusual activity for us that may reveal exciting surprises. On the way back we'll stop at a local cheese producer, Filippo, who is a shepherd who produces ricotta and sheep-milk cheeses. This is a family activity that Filippo inherited from his father and grandfather. He still preserves traditional steps in the manufacturing processes, despite adopting the Sicilian dairy tradition to the new European regulations (such as using steel tools instead of wood).

These are essential steps to produce ricotta and pecorino (sheep-milk cheese) with unique and typical characteristics. Light lunch here and relaxing time at our agriturismo before the farewell dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner are included

DAY 6 Arrivederci!

After this trip's last yoga session, we'll have breakfast and transfer to the nearby Roccapalumba train station, where our services end.

Meals: Breakfast is included

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Things to keep in mind

We understand that you may need to change your travel plans. If you are unable to take your tour with us after making a deposit or full payment, we will apply the following cancellation fee:

60 days or more before the tour departure date, there will be a $165 administrative fee per person

60 to 45 days before the tour departure date: cancellation fee of 30% of the tour cost per person

44 to 30 days before the tour departure date: cancellation fee of 50% of the tour cost per person

29 to 15 days before the tour departure date: cancellation fee of 75% of the tour cost per person

14 to 0 days before the tour departure date: cancellation fee of 100% of the tour cost per person

No refunds are possible after the tour begins. Please note that any refund from Activ Retreats will be done within 30 days after the scheduled trip ends.

You can also apply your deposit or payment to another tour during the same season or next. Each time is priced differently. Your deposit or payment will be applied to the new tour of your choice, and the balance will be adjusted accordingly. In the unusual situation that Ride Your Life must cancel a tour, you have the following options:

Activ Retreats will refund the entire deposit.

You can use the deposit for another tour confirmed during the same season.

Keep in mind that each tour is priced differently. Your deposit or payment will be applied to the new time of your choice, and the balance will be adjusted accordingly.

You can run the trip as a self-guided option if the tour offers that option.

If a tour is canceled, ride Your Life is not responsible for other expenses, such as non-refundable plane tickets.

We are pleased to have you on a tour. These Terms and Conditions outline the agreement between you, the client, and Activ Retreats doing business as Activ Retreats.

The completed reservation form indicates your acceptance of our Policies/Terms and Conditions.

We require a deposit of 30% of the total trip cost per person to confirm your space. The balance of the tour cost is due no later than 60 days before the tour departure. Once your full payment is received, we will send you the invoice and the Tour Agenda, which is the complete program of your trip, with some helpful info so you can prepare for your tour.

When you have filled out the reservation form, and we have contacted you about the deposit amount, you have two payment options:

1) Credit card – You will receive our email with instructions to pay the deposit or to pay the total tour price by credit card through our secure online server.

We do not store credit card details or share customer details with any 3rd parties except otherwise provided under our Privacy Policy.

2) Wire transfer — If you choose this payment option, we will provide instructions for the transaction.

RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY RELEASE

Guests are responsible for choosing a tour that meets their physical and medical abilities. Your reservation is accepted based on the understanding that you realize and accept the risks of bicycle and hiking travel. You acknowledge that you are healthy and can undertake an active tour.

Please be aware that a Liability Release Form will be required along the booking process to reserve a Activ Retreats tour. The release shall be an integral part of these terms and conditions. Reservations are only valid when we receive a completed and signed Release of Liability form. If we do not receive this by the time of final payment, your reservation will be canceled, and we will maintain the deposit amount as per our cancellation policy.

ITINERARY CHANGES

We may change the itinerary due to unforeseen circumstances. This includes biking/hiking routes that may be affected by weather or other accessibility issues. We do more than our best to maintain a safe and enjoyable itinerary, keeping our high quality and safety standards in mind. We appreciate your understanding.

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Guests grant Activ Retreats permission to take photographs or video during our tours for media use and for promotional and marketing purposes such as internet and printed materials and will not expect payment from Activ Retreats for use.

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